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Baseball Musings Day By Day Database, Bill James Starting Pitcher Historical Rankings

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Rank	Pitcher	Rating
1	Mario Soto	563.6
2	Steve Carlton	551.12
3	Dave Stieb	548.79
4	Nolan Ryan	541.98
5	Steve Rogers	530.52
6	Don Sutton	520.37
7	Joe Niekro	506.55
8	Ron Guidry	498.54
9	Jack Morris	497.57
10	Fernando Valenzuela	485.81
11	Floyd Bannister	483.46
12	Dan Petry	481.92
13	Bob Welch	480.58
14	Dave Righetti	478.67
15	Milt Wilcox	478.25
16	Jim Clancy	478.2
17	Jerry Reuss	477.16
18	Scott McGregor	474.32
19	Ken Forsch	472.26
20	Joaquin Andujar	472.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
21	John Tudor	466.59
22	Rick Sutcliffe	464.41
23	Bill Gullickson	463.62
24	Charlie Hough	461.73
25	La Marr Hoyt	461.19
26	Atlee Hammaker	460.94
27	Luis Leal	460.86
28	Larry McWilliams	459.6
29	Rick Rhoden	459.32
30	John Denny	455.59
31	Phil Niekro	452.37
32	Len Barker	448.98
33	Jim Palmer	448.65
34	Mike Krukow	448.47
35	John Candelaria	446.89
36	Rick Honeycutt	445.15
37	Moose Haas	443.74
38	Bob Forsch	443.31
39	Mike Caldwell	442.26
40	Charlie Lea	442.11
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
41	Burt Hooton	441.83
42	Mike Norris	441.52
43	Larry Gura	439.72
44	Fergie Jenkins	437.77
45	Tommy John	436.42
46	Dennis Eckersley	435.6
47	Bob Knepper	435.25
48	Dick Ruthven	435.18
49	Mike Flanagan	434.9
50	Bruce Berenyi	434.46
51	Tim Lollar	434.37
52	Scott Sanderson	434.11
53	Richard Dotson	432.65
54	Geoff Zahn	430.55
55	Bobby Castillo	430.26
56	Bill Laskey	429.94
57	Larry Christenson	428.93
58	Britt Burns	428.77
59	Matt Young	423.18
60	Tom Seaver	422.15
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
61	Vida Blue	420.42
62	Dennis Leonard	419.24
63	Mike Torrez	415.51
64	Jim Beattie	415.06
65	Gaylord Perry	413.37
66	Dave LaPoint	412.75
67	Joe Price	411.86
68	Storm Davis	410.21
69	Bob McClure	409.68
70	Eric Show	409.46
71	Shane Rawley	409.35
72	Bruce Kison	409.29
73	Dennis Martinez	408.48
74	Pascual Perez	407.93
75	Bert Blyleven	405.56
76	Paul Splittorff	405.34
77	Dave Dravecky	404.39
78	Craig McMurtry	403.04
79	Albert Williams	399.24
80	John Stuper	394.78
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
81	Jim Gott	394.18
82	Danny Darwin	392.68
83	Lary Sorensen	391.31
84	Jerry Koosman	390.53
85	Frank Pastore	389.02
86	Chuck Rainey	386.87
87	Bill Krueger	380.58
88	Mike Smithson	380.14
89	Frank Viola	378.33
90	Rick Langford	378.16
91	Frank Tanana	377.39
92	Mike Witt	375.65
93	Chris Codiroli	372.67
94	Brad Havens	372.51
95	Fred Breining	371.27
96	Mike Boddicker	368.81
97	Rick Camp	368.46
98	Matt Keough	367.66
99	Mike Scott	365.64
100	Bud Black	365.19
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
101	Dave Rozema	364.95
102	Bob Stoddard	364.64
103	Steve McCatty	364.31
104	Neil Allen	364.17
105	Juan Eichelberger	363.68
106	Bruce Hurst	363.02
107	Pete Falcone	362.68
108	Steve Trout	362.31
109	Alejandro Pena	362.21
110	Jerry Ujdur	360.48
111	Mike Brown	357.48
112	Marty Bystrom	357.13
113	Steve Renko	356.55
114	Bob Ojeda	356.41
115	Andy Hawkins	356.22
116	Dennis Lamp	355.52
117	Pete Vuckovich	354.05
118	Bob Shirley	353.5
119	Charles Hudson	353.26
120	Andy McGaffigan	353.24
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
121	Ken Schrom	351.8
122	Dickie Noles	349.91
123	Craig Swan	348.92
124	Ed Whitson	347.56
125	Jay Howell	346.72
126	Glenn Abbott	345.65
127	Mike Moore	345.05
128	Ed Lynch	344.85
129	Ray Burris	343.29
130	John Montefusco	341.15
131	Tom Underwood	340.89
132	Vern Ruhle	339.92
133	Mike LaCoss	337.75
134	Charlie Puleo	336.85
135	Juan Berenguer	335.13
136	Mark Thurmond	333.5
137	Jon Matlack	333.0
138	Ken Dayley	332.35
139	Allan Ramirez	331.53
140	Jack O'Connor	330.01
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
141	Chuck Porter	329.1
142	Walt Terrell	327.48
143	Mark Davis	326.79
144	Ray Fontenot	324.94
145	Scott Holman	322.45
146	Bryan Clark	322.13
147	Kevin Gross	320.95
148	Rich Gale	320.56
149	Doyle Alexander	318.92
150	Lee Tunnell	317.9
151	Byron McLaughlin	316.65
152	Tim Conroy	316.41
153	Don Robinson	315.79
154	Jim Bibby	315.4
155	Bill Travers	313.27
156	Craig Lefferts	312.52
157	Paul Moskau	312.0
158	Chris Welsh	311.93
159	Ted Power	311.82
160	Doug Bird	310.84
Rank	Pitcher	Rating
161	Greg Bargar	310.49
162	Keith Creel	310.08
163	Rick Behenna	309.73
164	Ed Farmer	308.63
165	Joe Beckwith	308.12
166	Jim Acker	308.02
167	Kevin Hagen	307.07
168	Dave Goltz	306.05
169	Gorman Heimueller	306.04
170	John Martin	305.84
171	Jeff Jones	305.82
172	Bob Gibson	305.74
173	Pete Filson	305.23
174	Randy Lerch	303.91
175	Tom Gorman	302.5
176	Mike Morgan	300.98
177	Bob Walk	300.9
178	Bryan Oelkers	300.41
179	Ben Callahan	300.39
180	Jerry Augustine	300.02
Rank	Pitcher	Rating

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